The Irish standard., 1887-01-29

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WINONA.
|. One hundred and thirty miles from
Minneapolis down the Mississippi river
stands the beautiful and picturesque
city of Winona. It is long time since
Winona has had what is known in this
land Of illimitable possibilities a ''boom'
and consequently her growth has been
steady. healthy one, The citizens are
of the more prosperous class, taken as q
whole. It is the home of a number Of
prominent politicians. Tt is here that
Judge Wilson, the Democratic Congress.
man-elect, has chosen to live for many
years, and undoubtedly he could not
have selected more pleasant place Of
residence. While WiIona has not par
ticipated in the "booms'' she has par
taken of share of the prosperity which
such events bring about, and take it all
the year round we believe that the vol
ume of her trade will compare favorably
with that of any city of the northwest OF
the same population. Among the fu-
ture improvements contemplated is an
extensive depot and other buildings by
that new and popular line, the Burling-
ton & Northern, court house, mag
nifcent opera house, and a hotel to cost
1926, 600. But if there is one thing more
than another that Winona should take
pride in it is the number of her Catholic
churches and the accommodations pro-
vided for the Catholic people to attend
divine worship. The following are the
names of the churches and pastors:
st. Thomas Church. corner Seventh
and Center, Rev. J. B. Cotter.
Church of st Stanislaus Polish), cor.
of Fourth and Oarimona, Rev. r.
J. Byzewski.
St. Johns (new Bohemian Catholic
church) corner Hamilton and Broadway.
st. Joseph's Church (German) corner
Fifth and Walnut, Rev. John Meier.
These churches have a large and in
creasing number of regular commune
cants, and it speaks volumes for the re-
ligious sentiment that exists in the city
Winona has also lumber of fine acad-
emies and schools. St. Mary's Acad-
emy, at the corner of Wabash and Cum
mings streets, is in charge of Rev. Father
Antoine Michael and Mother Alexis. st.
Thomas school is also an institution
where the Catholic youth can be taught
the principles of the true faith. st.
Thomas parish proudly and justly
boasts of large number of Catholic So
cieties, among which might be men,
toned: A division of the A. o. H., a
branch of the G. K. of A., the Father
Mathew T. A. society, the Cadets Z. A,
society, the Society of the Living Ro-
sary lwoman's), st. Mary's society
(woman's), and the Emmett Literary and
Dramatic society. Mr.. VIM. Gleason is
the presiding officer of the latter organ.
ization, with Miss Maggie Hunt as Sec
retary and, we believe, Miss Glynn as
treasurer.
The A. o. Fl. has $50 strong in Wi
mona. and about one-half this number
have connected themselves with the
Orders insurance.
From time to time in the future we
shall endeavor to bring before the light
more fully the Catholic people of Wi.
mona and her institutions.
Thomas j. Slav1n, who represents
Winona county in the Legislature, is an
Irishman. and is noted at home for hie
strict integrity and sincerity of purpose
in whatever he attempts to accomplish
Among the young Iriah-Americane
who will yet come to the front in Wi
mona are Geo. Flynn, James Burns, T.
J. Cleary, W. M. Carroll, and host o1
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if space permitted.
John Keenan, is one of the whole
souled Irishmen of Winona. He is ii
the livery business, in fact has one O.
the best stables in the. city, and de
serves all the support that falls to hi
lot and-more, too.
To Mr.. P. Fennell, who is Chairman
both of the sick and standing commit
tees of Winona's Division A. o. H., and
who is also member of Vigilant Host
Co, No. 1, we return many thanks to-
fayors shown us while in that city. Th'
kindness of our friend shall not soon b'
forgotten.
James Hughes, County Delegate o
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